Are recent layoffs driven by economics or AI?

Highly divided Fed meeting (0:45). Amazon earnings, layoff concerns (2:35). Meta's pretty good earnings; difference between Meta and Alphabet (6:00). Apple a wait and see situation (9:10). Fascinating Caterpillar, under the radar AI play (10:00). Palantir, AMD earnings coming next week; no jobs report (11:50). Nvidia hits $5T (13:15).

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